Five Best Products for the Private Collector or Family Archivist

The Hollinger Box

Widely imitated, these are the best storage boxes manufactured to last for centuries. Consult the Hollinger Metal Edge, Inc. catalog to choose from over 100 different varieties and styles. You will find the best boxes to house collections of letters, deeds, maps, diaries, rare books, wedding dresses, quilts, photographs, sports cards, stamps, newspapers, CD’s & DVD’s, artifacts, souvenirs or any valued collectible.

Store your archival boxes in a relativelystable environment where temperature and humidity do not vary significantly. A bedroom or hall closet is a better choice than a basement or attic. Use an archival Kaiser-Schreiber pen to mark on boxes, envelopes, sleeves, etc. for identification.

Polypropylene Sleeves and Pages

Using inert polypropylene binder pages stored in an archival binder album is an excellent choice for documents, photographs, collectible cards, stamps, coins, buttons, badges, postcards or any flat item which is legal size (8.5” x 14”) or smaller. The polypropylene pages provide excellent archival protection while allowing the items to be viewed without being removed from their enclosure. The archival binder or binder box will safely hold the pages where they will be protected from light and easily accessible. Hollinger Metal Edge, Inc. carries archival pages with more than a dozen different pocket sizes ranging from 2” x 2” up to 8.5” x 14”.

For items too large to be stored in binders, we carry a number of polypropylene sleeves and envelopes up to a 16” x 20” size. Items can be stored in these enclosures and placed in archival boxes.

Our Kaiser-Schreiber archival pen can be used to permanently mark on polypropylene and polyester film for identification without smearing.

Polyester Film Products

Although more costly than polypropylene, archival polyester (DuPont Melinex 516) also has significantly greater stiffness and density which makes it a better choice for interleaving and lining shelves and drawers. Because polyester can be cut and sealed in relatively small quantities, we are able to carry sleeves and envelopes in a large variety of sizes (ranging from 3” x 4” up to 36” x 48”), and also manufacture custom sizes to fit the specific needs of our customers.

Archival polyester is available in sheets and rolls for customers who wish to cut their own interleaving sheets, shelf liners, polyester folders, etc. Archival polyester can easily be cut with a razor knife or paper cutter.

Archival Tissue Paper

Our tissue paper is available in sheets and rolls that can easily be cut to size for specific uses. Items ranging in size from buttons to large quilts can be wrapped in archival tissue for added protection while stored in archival boxes.

One of the principle uses of archival tissue is for textile storage. Tissue can be stuffed inside gowns, placed in fabric folds, and wrapped around the entire item for additional protection during storage.

Buffered tissue is used for the storage of most items. Unbuffered tissue is used in storage of silks, wool, leather, fur, feathers and bones.